TomTom Navigation App For Iphone Reference Guide

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About POIs  
Points of Interest or POIs are useful places on the map.  
Here are some examples:  
   Restaurants  
   Hotels  
   Museums  
   Parking garages  
   Petrol stations  
 
There are several places where you can use POIs in the TomTom app:  
   Selecting a POI as your destination when planning a route.  
   Calling a POI from the map browser.  
   Selecting which POIs to show on the map.  
 
Navigating to a POI 
You can select a POI as your destination or as a Travel Via...

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POI Near Home 
 
Tap this button to choose from a list of POIs near  to your Home 
location.  
 
The following options are available when a route is already planned:  
 
POI Along Route 
 
Tap this button to find a POI along your planned route. 
 
POI Near Destina-
tion
 
 
Tap this button to find a POI near your planned destination.  
5.  If you selected  POI in City, type the name of the town you want to visit and select the town 
when it appears in the list.  
6.   Select the category of...

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After you select a POI, detailed information such as the phone number and a short description is 
shown. Depending on the POI information available and the functions on your iOS device, tap a 
panel to phone or email the POI, or open the POIs website.  
Tap  Select  to confirm you want to plan a route to this POI.  
 
Finding a POI on the Map Browser  
You can find a POI using the Map Browser then contact the POI or navigate to it.  
1.   Tap the screen to show the Main menu.  
2.   Tap  Browse...

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Save Location  
 
Tap this button to add the location as a Favourite or save it as a 
Contact. You can  choose to give the Favourite a name or you can use 
the suggested name. You can create a new contact or add it to an 
existing contact.  
 
Set Marker Position  
 
Tap this button to place a marker at the cursor position.  
 
Centre on Map  
 
Tap this button to m ove the map so that the cursor position is in the 
centre of the screen. The map zooms in on the cursor position.  
 
Showing...

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About Help Me  
Help Me provides an easy way to navigate to emergency services centres and other specialist 
services and contact them by phone.  
For example, if you are involved in a car accident, you could use  Help Me to call the nearest 
hospital and te ll them your exact location.  
 
Using Help Me to phone a local service  
You can use Help Me to search for a service centre, make contact by phone and inform the centre 
about the precise details of your current location.  
When you search...

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About Favourites  
Favourites are places that you often visit. You can create Favourites so that you don’t have to ente r 
the address every time you want to navigate there.  
They do not need to be favourite places or even locations you often visit, they can simply be seen 
as a collection of useful addresses.  
 
Creating a Favourite 
You can create a Favourite from one of the following locations in the TomTom app:  
   From the  Navigate To...  menu and the Favourite menu.  
   From the...

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Recent Destination  
 
Recent Destination   
 
Tap this 
button to show a list of your recent destinations. These also 
include your Travel Via stops. Tap a recent destination to add it as a 
Favourite.  
 
Places 
 
Places   
 
Tap this button to open the 
Places menu. Places lets you  search using 
TomTom Places, Facebook or Foursquare, then use the location of a found 
location as a Favourite.  
 
People 
 
People   
 
Tap this button to use a contact address or a location where a friend has...

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The  Events  menu has the following options:  
 
Calendar 
 
Tap this button to use the address of an event saved in your Calendar app 
as a Favourite.  
 
Facebook 
 
Tap this button to use the address of an event saved on your Facebook 
Events page as a Favourite.  
 
Point of Interest 
 
Point of Interest   
 
Tap this button use a Point of Interest (POI) as a Favourite.
 
 
Copied Address 
 
Copied Address   
 
Tap this button to save the copied address as a Favourite.
 
 
Photo 
 
Photo...

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Postcode  
 
Postcode   
 
Tap this button to enter a postcode as a Favourite. To use an address, tap 
the 
Address  button at the top of the screen to display the Address screen.  
 
Point on Map 
 
Point on Map   
 
Tap this button to select a point on the map as a Favourite using the Map 
Browser.
 
 
Coordinates  
 
Coordinates   
 
Tap this button to use the map coordinates of a location on the map as a 
Favourite.
 
 
Using a Favourite  
You will normally use a Favourite as a way of...

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Changing the order of your Favourites  
Change the order of your Favourites as follows:  
1.   Tap the scree n to show the Main menu.  
2.   Tap  Change Settings . 
3.   Tap  Manage Favourites . 
4.   Tap  Edit, then using the order symbol on the right of the Favourite drag the Favourite to its new 
position in the list.  
5.   Tap the Done  button.  
 
Deleting a Favourite  
Delete a Favourite as  follows: 
1.   Tap the screen to show the Main menu.  
2.   Tap  Change Settings . 
3.   Tap...